“How a Comedy Sketch Changed My Life” is the prologue of My book The Weight Loss Habit: The No BS, No Gimmick, (Sort of) Easy Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever, which comes out tomorrow, June 9.
It’s only $6.99 on Kindle or $9.99 on paperback.
I’m copying the prologue here:
My Chubby Childhood
It all started with a comedy sketch.
Let me take a step back.
I was always a chubby kid.
I’d get my clothes from what was politely called the “husky” section.
I was cursed with a slow metabolism, and learned terrible eating habits from my father, who was the kind of guy who would order his corned beef with extra fat, and go back to the buffet for thirds and fourths. (And then needed triple-bypass surgery when he was fifty, and died from heart-failure when he was fifty-seven.)
My family tried to spare my feelings by calling this “baby fat” and complimenting me on my broad shoulders, even though I would have been better served by them teaching me proper eating habits and refusing to stock cookies in the pantry.… Read more